Re Ashton; R v Manchester Crown Court, ex parte DPP

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date06 May 1993
Date06 May 1993
CourtHouse of Lords
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  • R (Snelgrove) v Woolwich Crown Court
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 29 September 2004
    ...29(3) has been considered by the House of Lords on four occasions: in re Smalley [1985] A.C. 622; in re Sampson [1987] 1 WLR 194; in re Ashton [1994] 1 A.C.9 and in R. v Manchester Crown Court, Ex Parte Director of Public Prosecutions [1993] 1 WLR 1524. 21 In the first of these cases, Small......
  • R (Salubi and another) v Bow Street Magistrates' Court
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 10 May 2002
    ...of the Crown Court sought to be challenged was one affecting the conduct of a trial on indictment given by way of pre-trial directions. In Re Ashton [1994] 1 AC 9 Lord Slynn, with whom the other members of the Appellate Committee agreed, held to that guidance. The application before the Jud......
  • Ex parte Guardian Newspapers and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Divisional Court
    • Invalid date
  • National Director of Public Prosecutions v Zuma
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...J, 14 September 2007): referred to. I Foreign cases Director of Public Prosecutions v Crown Court at Manchester and Ashton and J Others [1994] 1 AC 9 (HL) ([1993] 2 All ER 663): referred to 2009 (1) SACR p367 Githunguri v Republic of Kenya [1986] LRC (Const) 618 (HC) ([1986] A 1 KLR 1): ref......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Judicial review of executive power : legality, rationality and reasonableness (2)
    • South Africa
    • Southern African Public Law No. 30-2, January 2015
    • 1 January 2015
    ...712 at 736.101Per Powell J, Wayte v US 470 US 598 at 607 (1985).102In re Smalley [1995] AC 623 at 642-643; DPP v Crown Court, Manchester [1994] 1 AC 9 at 17.103[2007] 1 WLR 780 (PC) para 5.104Matalulu v DPP [2003] 4 LRC 712 at 735; Mohit v DPP [2006] UKPC 20 para Judicial review of executiv......
  • Legal Commentary
    • United Kingdom
    • Youth Justice No. 2-2, August 2002
    • 1 August 2002
    ...should also be noted that an orderof the Crown Court to stay proceedings as an abuse of process is not open to judicial review(Re Ashton [1994] 1 A.C. 9), so that the thwarted prosecution in this case would not have beenable to challenge the judge’s interpretation.Vulnerability and Secure R......

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